Long Strand-Castlefreke Wind Statistics, January averages since 2006

This picture shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical January. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2868 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Long Strand-Castlefreke, located 7 km away (4 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3.

According to the model, the prevailing wind at Long Strand-Castlefreke blows from the SW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Long Strand-Castlefreke. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each January) and blows offshore 14% of the time (4 days in an average January). In a typical January winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 9 days at Long Strand-Castlefreke

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.